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March 19, 2010

DHS Pilot Program Shares Intel with CIOs

InformationWeek reports that a new pilot program by the Department Of Homeland Security allows some state, local and private-sector officials to access classified intelligence about security threat... More >

FCC Launches Web Site for National Broadband Plan

According to Federal Computer Week , the Federal Communications Commission hopes a new Web page will provide helpful information about the organization’s efforts to create a national broadband pl... More >

March 18, 2010

Virginia Reshuffles IT Leadership Structure

A new piece of legislation by Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell has shaken up Virginia's IT department .   According to InformationWeek , the signed legislation gives the state's secretary of te... More >

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March 17, 2010

DHS-Navy Agreement Wasting Data Center Spending?

The Department of Homeland Security inspector general has expressed concern over an agreement between the DHS and Navy facilities at NASA's Stennis Space Center to make it the home for the new primar... More >

March 16, 2010

Federal Agencies Using Social Networks to Gather Info on Suspects

USA Today reports that the FBI and other federal agencies are using social networks like Facebook and LinkedIn to create phony profiles to gather information and communicate with suspects. For exa... More >

GAO Criticizes Federal Spending Site Data Quality

A report by the Government Accountability Office criticizes the data quality on USAspending.gov .   According to InformationWeek , the GAO found that the Office of Management and Budget, which... More >

U.S Plan to Discredit Wikileaks Leaked

In an interesting twist, Wikileaks has published a U.S. Army Counterintelligence Agency report that recommends destroying the reputation of the whistleblower Web site, reports V3.co.uk .   Th... More >

March 12, 2010

FCC Adds Tools to Broadband.gov Web Site

According to Computerworld , the U.S. Federal Communications Commission has added some new features to the Broadband.gov Web site to help users clock their broadband speeds and report that broadba... More >

Army Announces E-Mail Consolidation Effort

InformationWeek reports that the Army has plans to merge number of separate e-mail systems serving almost 250,000 users onto a single enterprise messaging and collaboration managed service .  ... More >

March 10, 2010

Air Force Seeeking Proposals for Network Services

The U.S. Air Force is seeking proposals for the second phase of its Network Centric Solutions project , which is a five-year, $9 billion procurement program for a variety of network services, includ... More >

Government Plans Web-Based Platform for Contests

InformationWeek reports that Federal chief performance officer Jeff Zients has announced the government will be setting up a Web-based platform to manage contests and prizes that government agenci... More >

March 9, 2010

Lockheed Martin, Northrup Grumman Awarded Navy Contracts

Lockheed Martin and Northrup Grumman have been awarded contracts from the U.S. Navy that, combined, could total $1.75 billion, reports InformationWeek .   The companies are being tapped to bui... More >

March 8, 2010

Federal Disaster Recovery Center Struggling with Authority

The Emergency Communications Preparedness Center, a federal center for coordinating government agency disaster recovery efforts, has hit some snags in trying to improve the way government agencies c... More >

VA Web Portal Shut Down Due to Data Errors

According to Computerworld , the electronic health record network portal for the Department of Defense and Department of Veterans Affairs had to be shut down after the VA found errors in some patie... More >

March 5, 2010

Senators Propose Legislation to Examine FCC's Technical Expertise

Sens. Olympia Snowe eand Ted Kaufman have introduced legislation that would commission the National Academy of Science to undertake a study of of the FCC's technical capacity , reports internetnews... More >